Lauris Elms interviewed by Michelle Potter [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2054810
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Elms, Lauris, 1931-
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1990
- 6 tape reels (ca. 360 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 10 in.
- Summary:
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Elms speaks about performing Schubert; accompanists; family background; childhood; learning the violin; studying at Swinburne Technical College; early singing lessons; her own teaching methods; first singing competition; early recitals; National Theatre Company; opera orchestras and conductors; studying in Paris; joining the Royal Opera at Covent Garden; the role of directors in opera; Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge; Maria Callas; price of tickets for performing arts; June Bronhill; her husband; returning to Australia; recording of Peter Grimes in 1959; doing ABC concerts; situation of artists in Australia; concert dress and opera costume; doing opera with Sutherland and Bonynge for J C Williamson; touring with the Elizabethan Opera Company; the physical demands of performing; problems of a two career family; working as a freelance performer; performing with the Australian Opera; performing in Canada and Korea; dispute with the Australian Opera; Sidney Nolan production of Il Trovatore; split from the Australian Opera; aspirations for the future.
- Biography/History:
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Lauris Elms - opera and concert singer.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at the National Library of Australia on 4 and 5 December 1990.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Related Material:
- Additional interview with Lauris Elms is available at ORAL TRC 7032.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Corrected transcript (typescript, 147 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Potter, Michelle, 1944-
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Until 2060 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1990
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